St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-07
A RTIcLEs OF INCORPORATION OF

A RTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
n the Anna Iron Mining Company.-Kn
all men by these presents: That we, the I'M
dersigned, in accordance with the provision
of chapter twenty-eight (2S) of the general
laws of 1876, of the State of Minnesota, and
of the acts amendatory thereof, do hereby as
sociate ourselves together for incorporation
under the name hereinafter assumed, and
hereby organize by adopting and signing the
following articles of incorporation, to-wit:
Article THE name of this corporation
shall be 1.-The Anna Iron Mining Company"
Article 1.-THE general nature of the bust
ness to be carried on by said corporation
shall be the mining, smelling, reducing, and
refining ores and minerals; also the buying,
eral and other lands. The said business may
be carried on outside of the State of Mime
sofa, and more particularly in the vicinity of
Crystal Falls, Marquette county, and State of
Michigan. The place of the principal office
and the Headquarters of the company shall
be at the City of ST. Paul, County of RAMSEY
and State of Minnesota.
Article III-The names and places of res
idence of the persons so associating to form
the said corporation are as follows: Jacob
II. Gregory, Frederick r. Well and Louis
Haas all of the City of ST. Paul, County of
Ramsey, and State of Minnesota.
Article !V-The amount of the capital
stock of said corporation shall be one million
dollars lSl,0O0,OO0), divided into forty
thousand shares of the par value of twenty
five dollars (S25) per share.
Article N-The highest amount Of indebt-
edness or liability to which said corporation
shall at any time be subject shall be the
amount of the capital stock at its par value
and no more.
Article VI-The time of commencement of
said corporation shall be the tenth day of
May, A. b. 1887, and shall continue for a
period of twenty COO years.
Article FlI-The government of said cor
poration and the management of its affairs
shall be vested in a Board of Directors. con-
rf
Directors shall be elected by the stockhold-
erS of said corporation for the term of one
year, at their annual meeting to be held in
the City of St. Paul, Minnesota, on the sec
ond wednesday of May in each year, and
shall continue in office until their successors
are elected and qualified.
Article VIII-The following named persons
shall constitute the first Board of Directors
of said corporation, to-wit: Frederick R.
Welz, Jacob H. Gregory, and Louis Haas, who
shall hold their Office until the annual meeting
of the stockholders in May, 1887, and until
their successors are elected and qualified.
shall consist of President, Vice-President
Secretary and Treasurer, to be elected annu-
ally by the Board of Directors at their first
meeting after the annual meeting of the stock
holders and who shall hold their Office until
their successors are elected and qualified I'M
less previously removed by majority vote of
the stockholders. The Office of Secretary and
Treasurer may be held by one and the same
person.
In witness whereof the parties hereto have
adopted the foregoing Articles of Jncorpora.
ton by affixing their hands and seals this sec
ond day of May, A. d. 1887.
f. II. WELL, TSeal.7
JACOB H. GREGORY, tSeai.1
LOUIS HAAS, fSeal.i
Signed, sealed and executed in the pres.
ence of:
CHRISTIAN FRY.
+. d. WATTS.
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF RAMSEY }ss.
On the second day of May, 1887, person.
ally appeared before me Frederick II. Well,
Jacob II. Gregory, and Louis Haas, to me
known to be the same persons who signed
and sealed the foregoing Articles of Incor.
pora:ion, and acknowledged that they exc
cuted the same as their own free act and
deed.
INotorial Seall ED. WATTS.
Notary Public, Ramsey Co., Mimi.